LUCWANINGO LOLUNZULU LOLUMAYELANA NEKUBALULEKA ...

lridvodza kushiwo umuntfu lomdvuna losatekile lonemuti. Kuba yindvodza
kuyakhulelwa. Indvodza Iba nemfuyo lenyenti kantsi nelikhaya lava ligcwala
bantfu kukhombisa kutsi idla yesutse, phela Iikhaya lelingalambi libonakala
ngekuhlala Iinebantfu labanyenti. Indvodza ekhaya lava iyaba nemfati
munye kantsi kulesinye sikhatsi itsatsa sitsembu. Ngalesinye sikhatsi
indvodza itsatsa sitsembu ngobe kufuna umkayo kutsi isitsatse. Imvamisa
lomkayo usuke afuna umuntfu lotamsita ngemisebenti yasekhaya
nekumetfwalisa bantfwana. Imisebenti yasekhaya nayiminyenti kuba kuhle
nakasitwa. Uma inkhosikati ikhetsele indvodza yakayo umfati, indvodza
ayivamisanga kwala, iyajabula ngobe iyati kutsi umfati wayo ngeke
ayikhetsele umuntfu lengeke imtsandze Manning (1967:214) uyibeka kahle
lendzaba nakatsi:
Often a women will urge her husband to marry her
younger sister who will become subordinate to he",
sothat she may have a "companion" who will share her
labours and her loving care for her children without the
jealousy ofa stranger co-wife.
Uma kutekwa kwalomunye umfati kufunwe nguloyo losuke akhona ekhaya
akukavami kutsi kube nemsindvo ngobe uye ateke umlamu wakhe
lomncane nobe umntfwana lotalwa ngulomdvuna. Nangabe indvodza
iyatikhetsele yona umfati lemtsandzako kuye kube nemsindvo ngobe umfati
lomdzala angakhoni kumemukela. Manning (1967:214) ukufakaza kanje:
Itsometimes also happens that the wives of
polygamist do notget on well together.
Kuteka sitsembu lesemukelekako endlini yesiSwati ngukutsi indvoza ilandze
umlamu wave lomncane ngobe kutakwenta kutsi bahlale kanye futsi
nalokutsandzana kube khona kakhulu, kute latawungena emkhatsini wabo
bobabili.
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